Author Archives: ShadowEater

Ready Aspirant Grimoire

With a project as big and complex as the Order of Book Builders it can be a lot to just dive in and begin crafting the spells in your own grimoire right away. It’s taking 64 workshops for me to unpack all the ideas and techniques for someone new to occult practices to create theirContinue reading “Ready Aspirant Grimoire”

Order of Book Builders

ShadowEater made a pre-pandemic shift from science fantasy author and podcast cohost to Chaos Magickian seeking immortality in the vein of the ancient Egyptian burial rites, the Books of the Dead.  In the journey he discovered that preparing for a death that sets you up to escape reincarnation is also living a life of joy,Continue reading “Order of Book Builders”

I Learned to Eat my Shadow

February 15 2023 I know I talk a lot here about self improvement. I believe in it because I’ve seen great results with it. I also believe in getting help with some of the heavier lifting. While black booking, rituals, talismanic incantations, affirmations, servitors, imaginal work, shadow work,and divination have yielded wonderful results and subtleContinue reading “I Learned to Eat my Shadow”

A Peek at my Pokémoncy

I learned to read tarot cards with the Rider Waite Smith deck, like everyone else who didn’t learn on the Thoth deck. Those two are chock full of esoteric symbolism, which some folks naturally get, and others have studied long and hard to recognize. I’m not one of those people. I wrote keywords on myContinue reading “A Peek at my Pokémoncy”

An I Ching Self-Initiation

I Ching, or the Book of Changes is not just a super insightful method of divination. Studying the text can offer an excellent road into esoteric knowledge. While I did go out and buy a lovely hardback edition with more supplemental information than the translated text itself, you can access the exact same translation ofContinue reading “An I Ching Self-Initiation”

Mindbender’s Initiations

An Intiation or Rite of Passage marks the entry into something. If you’re here, which hopefully you are, we are interested in a magickal or spiritual initiation. If you are here looking for another incarnate human to initiate you, keep looking elsewhere. Those exist and might be deeply transformative and important milestones to some, butContinue reading “Mindbender’s Initiations”

Level Up Your Life

with Color Magick, Introspection, and Affirmation I’m not a health professional. This is for entertainment and information. Ready to live a life of contentment? Well, stop chasing what you don’t actually want. This article  is not a collection of spells for getting laid and getting paid. There are plenty of other sources for that. WhatContinue reading “Level Up Your Life”

Why struggle? Rewiring is easier!

I’m not a health professional. This is for entertainment and information. Have you got big dreams? Something you work toward, but get stuck and frustrated by? Are you a self-saboteur? It’s a real inconvenience, right? Well, while trying to enhance my intuition, I discovered a great pairing of scientifically validated techniques (and one paradigm) thatContinue reading “Why struggle? Rewiring is easier!”